Military High on Lithium

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Military High on Lithium

Add the U.S. Army to the list of organizations interested in seeing lithium ion replace nickel metal hydride as the hybrid vehicle battery technology of choice. The Army's TACOM unit is spending $5.1 million to create large format lithium batteries for hybrid military vehicles.

The research effort, which includes TJ Technologies, Lithium Technology Corporation and Science Applications International Corporation, is developing batteries offering greater power potential than today's batteries without significantly increasing the cost.

Volkswagen and Mercedes have also stated recently that they are exploring using lithium ion batteries in future vehicles.